The player character and silent protagonist of the first game is referred to only as "the new guy" and "the Point Man" by other F.E.A.R. operatives and by the mission briefings. Little is known about him in the beginning, aside from his gender, the fact that he has been on the team for only a week, and his role as the F.E.A.R. team's new "point man" and a former green beret.